You forget that the possibility exists that Etree users, unbeknownst to them, have this virus, and are sending it out to the list, and therefore these virus warnings might alert them to possible infection if they're lacking anti-virus software. True, it might not be the best idea to email the warning to the list, but to the person whose email address the virus was sent from. If I can save someone's music collection by alerting them to a possible virus that might maliciously delete files on their machine I feel that it would be worth emailing it to the list instead of worrying whether or not someone is "tired" of getting virus warnings.
Your mail program likely has a feature called Filters or Rules that allow you to delete mail based on certain criteria, the word VIRUS in the subject for instance. Perhaps you should use that. Honestly though, how long does it take you to hit the delete button to delete a few messages. Perhaps 50% of the email I get from the etree lists is of no interest to me, virus warnings, messages about bands like Phil, SKB, Keller, and other bands I am not interested in.. yes it may be "useless crap" to me, but it's not useless crap to someone who might be interested in such.. there is a level of tolerance required on these lists, we are all individuals and thank god not alike, or else it would be quite a boring community. -Tom ----- Original Message ----- From: "Justin Trinkes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "eTrade (E-mail)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2002 4:53 PM Subject: [etrade] computer professionals? > On a regular basis this list will have posts about email virus and "i just > got hit" "watch out..." and many "me too." People we need to stop sending > virus alerts to this list. I am tired of getting them. I assume (and i > guess wrong) that most Etree users are computer literate. You never open a > strange attachment you get from email (do people not check the file > extension? its right there in the damn email). Especially when you get the > same email from different people. Come on now..........our community should > be smarter then this. If this was an AOL eTrade list i would expect all the > virus alerts and infections. > > Right now everyone is just filling up my mailbox with useless crap. I have > not run anti-virus on my computers (currently 4, or any in the past) and i > have NEVER been infected with a virus. People you need to be alert. The > reason these viruses get wild is because of COMPUTER USERS! They do not > magically travel across the internet, some idiot has to click the > attachment. Dont do that....for god sacks. > > Just needed to vent. Hopefully our community is smarter then the average > user. > > > > justin > "Without music where do we go from here?" > http://www.taping.org > _______________________________________________ > etrade mailing list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > http://mail.etree.org/mailman/listinfo/etrade _______________________________________________ etrade mailing list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://mail.etree.org/mailman/listinfo/etrade
